NEGLIGENT DRIVING.
MAN’S DEATH RESULTS
OFFENCE MET BY FINE. (Special to Dails Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, November 19. A fine of £25 was imposed on Giffen Murphy in the Supreme Court by Mr Justice Stringer on a charge of negligently driving a motor car so as to cause the death of Francis James Holland. His Honor said that if there had been a suggestion that Murphy had taken liquor, or if he had been grossly reckless, he would consider the case one for imprisonment. The facts spoke for themselves, and the accident should not have happened. It was not a mere error of judgment. There was no judgment shown. The probabilities were that Murphy, having driven a car so long, was led by familiarity to sail a little too close to the wind. He should have passed some yards from the cart.
The ends of justice would be met by a fine of £25, in default three months’ imprisonment. Accused would be allowed to pay the fine at the rate of £2 a month. His mctor driver’s license would be cancelled, and he would be disqualified from holding a driver’s license for a further period of two years.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 15
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196NEGLIGENT DRIVING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 15
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